A lemon tart (french: tarte au citron) is a
dessert
Dessert is a course (food), course that concludes a meal. The course consists of sweet foods, such as confections, and possibly a beverage such as dessert wine and liqueur. In some parts of the world, such as much of Greece and West Africa, and ...
dish, a variety of
tart. It has a
pastry shell with a
lemon flavored filling.
In the UK, lemon tart consists of a pastry case (often made in a fluted tart tin) containing a baked lemon
custard
Custard is a variety of culinary preparations based on sweetened milk, cheese, or cream cooked with egg or egg yolk to thicken it, and sometimes also flour, corn starch, or gelatin. Depending on the recipe, custard may vary in consistency fro ...
(usually composed of eggs, sugar, lemon juice and cream). Usually recipes include
blind-baking before adding the custard. Sometimes, the tart is dusted with icing sugar prior to serving.
Alternatively, the lemon filling can be cooked in a saucepan and then added to the baked pastry case.
A dessert very similar to the lemon tart is the
lemon pie
A pie is a baked dish which is usually made of a pastry dough casing that contains a filling of various sweet or savoury ingredients. Sweet pies may be filled with fruit (as in an apple pie), nuts ( pecan pie), brown sugar ( sugar pie), swe ...
, usually served for
dessert
Dessert is a course (food), course that concludes a meal. The course consists of sweet foods, such as confections, and possibly a beverage such as dessert wine and liqueur. In some parts of the world, such as much of Greece and West Africa, and ...
, made with a
crust usually made of
shortcrust pastry and
lemon custard filling. The lemon pie is prepared with a bottom
pie crust. This pie is different from the
lemon meringue pie, which has meringue on top. No upper crust is used, as in a
cherry pie
Cherry pie is a pie baked with a cherry filling. Traditionally, cherry pie is made with sour cherries rather than sweet cherries. Morello cherries are one of the most common kinds of cherry used, but other varieties such as the black cherry may ...
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Tarts
Lemon dishes
Fruit pies
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